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Police patrols around the city mosques have been increased following the incident outside the mosque off King’s Hedges Road.

Omar Faruque Mosque in Kirkwood Road

A force spokeswoman said: “We are aware of this incident and an investigation is underway. We will be carrying out extra patrols in the area of both Cambridge mosques. We were called to a prejudice incident in Kirkwood Road, Cambridge, at around 12.30am this morning.”

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She added: “A 19-year-old man from Cambridge has been arrested on suspicious of committing a racially or religiously aggravated public order offence and is in custody.”

TellMAMA, which monitors anti-Muslim attacks, said: “We are increasingly receiving reports of such activities where pork products are being used to abuse fellow citizens who happen to be Muslim.

“Clearly in the minds of perpetrators, they believe that pork products are an insult to Muslims.”

The monitoring group had a similar report from Cambridge in April when bacon was left on the handle of a Muslim man’s car who was returning from a swimming pool with his 6-year-old niece when he discovered the pork product.